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Alliant National Adds Vice President and Missouri Agency Manager

April 27, 2010

Alliant National Title Insurance Co., a title insurance underwriter that partners with Independent agents to improve their competitive position in the marketplace, announced that Kyle Rank has joined the company as vice president and Missouri Agency Manager effective April 5. Rank is responsible for developing relationships with agents, and marketing and management of Alliant National’s Missouri agency programs. His duties also include development of educational programs for agents and their customers, and licensing, underwriting and expansion into adjacent states.

Rank has more than 17 years of executive legal management experience for several leading national underwriters and agencies. He served four years as president and co-owner of a multi-state agency that grew from inception to a $7 million gross revenue company, and brings expertise in both residential and commercial real estate transactions to Alliant National.

“Alliant National is a first-rate company that I am extremely proud to be a part of,” Rank said. “Because of Alliant National’s unique business paradigm, they have seen tremendous growth over the last several years, having established a solid presence in several regions of the country. I am eager to bring my title insurance experience to the Missouri region.

“I particularly look forward to visiting with Alliant National’s Independent Agents and to developing relationships with potential select agents of Alliant National caliber,” he added.

Rank has a B.A. in Mass Communications from Michigan State University, and took his J.D. from Washburn University School of Law. He is a licensed attorney in Kansas and is a licensed title agent in Kansas and Missouri. His awards include “Claims Counsel of the Year,” TRW Title Inc., 1993, and a lifetime membership to Strathmore’s Who’s Who in 2003.

“Kyle Rank is very well versed in independent agency operations,” said David Ginger, president of Alliant National. “He is experienced in agency ownership issues and has dealt with numerous underwriting inquires, and therefore can assist in advising and solving our agents’ title questions. Alliant National is very fortunate to have someone with Kyle’s level of knowledge, experience and expertise, and we are very happy to have him on our team.”